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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5092 

To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates 

to the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 

Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mr. CRAMER, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis 

and northern border strategy, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border Secu5 rity Enhancement and Review Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND 

2 STRATEGY. 

3 (a) NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS.—Sec4 tion 3(a) of the Northern Border Security Review Act 

5 (Public Law 114–267) is amended— 

6 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

7 striking ‘‘180 days after the date of enactment of 

8 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 2, 2025, and 

9 annually thereafter’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

11 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 

12 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(2) an assessment of recent changes in the 

15 amount and demographics of apprehensions at the 

16 northern border, including an analysis of apprehen17 sion changes at the sector level.’’. 

18 (b) NORTHERN BORDER STRATEGY UPDATES.—Sec19 tion 3 of the Northern Border Security Review Act (Public 

20 Law 114–267) is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub22 section (d); and 

23 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(c) NORTHERN BORDER STRATEGY UPDATES.— 

26 Not later than 90 days after the submission of each threat 


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1 analysis pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) update the Department of Homeland Secu4 rity’s northern border strategy; or 

5 ‘‘(2) if the Secretary determines no such update 

6 is necessary, submit a report to the appropriate con7 gressional committees justifying such determina8 tion.’’. 

9 (c) CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS.—Section 3 of the North10 ern Border Security Review Act, as amended by sub11 section (b), is further amended by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(e) CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 

14 days after the submission of each threat analysis pursuant 

15 to subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security 

16 shall provide a classified briefing regarding such analysis 

17 to the appropriate congressional committees.’’. 

18 (d) IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT

19 ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

20 later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting 

22 through the Executive Assistant Commissioner of Air and 

23 Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protec24 tion, shall develop performance measures to assess the ef25 fectiveness of Air and Marine Operations at securing the 


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1 northern border between ports of entry in the air and mar2 itime environments. 

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